Plateumaris fallax Haupt 1956 (reed leaf beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae

Full reference: H. Haupt. 1956. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der eozänen Arthopodenfauna des Geiseltales. Nova Acta Leopoldina 18(128):1-89

Belongs to Plateumaris according to H. Goecke 1961

See also Haupt 1956

Sister taxa: Plateumaris (Necrodexis), Plateumaris (Plateumaris), Plateumaris affinis, Plateumaris constricticollis, Plateumaris dorsata, Plateumaris dubia, Plateumaris flavipes, Plateumaris germari, Plateumaris kinugasana, Plateumaris neomexicana, Plateumaris nitida, Plateumaris primaeva, Plateumaris pusilla, Plateumaris sericea, Plateumaris virens, Plateumaris weisei

Type specimen: GPIUH G55/81, an elytra. Its type locality is Geiseltal (GPIUH collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Geiseltal (GPIUH collection)

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